Minella For Value ready to register first victory over fences
The selection is clearly no star, but does possess a certain amount of ability, as evidenced by the fact he is already a winner of a point-to-point, bumper and maiden hurdle.
The seven-year-old is also relatively experienced at this game and today’s test will be his fourth attempt over fences.
His last outing over fences came two runs back, beaten a length into second by Black Benny at Roscommon.
His latest appearance was over flights at Bellewstown, justifying favouritism with a hard-earned length and a quarter defeat of The Shaughran.
Bryan Cooper, recently returned from long-term injury, can guide Captain Arceus to success in the City Publicans’ Charity Hurdle.
Dessie Hughes’ charge, winner of a valuable handicap at Fairyhouse in early April, had his first run since then at Bellewstown last month.
It was certainly a promising effort, as he failed to concede Giant’s Quest 10lbs, going under by three parts of a length.
The handicapper’s ratings tell us that Bob Lingo should not be opposed in the Ryans’ Cleaning Chase.
His two main rivals are Sin Palo and Your Busy and he has 20lbs and 22lbs in hand of them respectively.
But Bob Lingo has shown precious little of late and the vote goes to Sin Palo, who ran reasonably well when a close third behind Toner D’Oudairies and Churchfield Champ at Tramore.
Cause Of Causes is the interesting one in the Guinness Handicap Chase, having caught the eye on more than one occasion of late.
This is his first venture into such company, having again indicated there was more to come when third to Shanpallas and Owega Star in a beginners chase at Killarney.
